Mayor/Secretary Pete Goes to Los Angeles & Long Beach: ALL IS NOT WELL! | US Trade Held Hostage What's Going on With Shipping January 12, 2022 On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, host Sal Mercogliano - Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science, former merchant mariner, and instructor of Maritime History, Security and Industry Policy - discusses the recent visit of Secretary Pete Buttigieg to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the awarding of grants and money for infrastructure improvements and how US trade in southern California is held hostage.